Francis Bacon — "The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."

"The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curio…"

"Men ought to know that in the theatre of human life it is only for Gods and angels to be spectators."

"Truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masques and mummeries and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candle-lights."

"The Idols of the Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all p…"

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."